Eccl7:1 A good reputation is more valuable than costly perfume. And the day you die is better than the day you are born. NLT
I was part of a decision making committee sometimes ago, we decided to recommend someone we felt was good enough to handle a critical position. After we recommended him, the decision to bring him on met with a strong resistance because the fellow has a reputation for immorality and financial recklessness.
One of my acquaintance was attending a church before, she left because the Pastor was asking her out, her mum and other family members left as well. Till now, the Pastor has been pastoring an almost empty church. His reputation for immorality has spread, even if he has repented it would take time before he can regain the trust of people. Wise men take of their reputation.
Don't live a life of 'I don't care what people say or feel about me'. That's absolutely wrong! In life, in as much as you need God to lift you up and make you great, you need the goodwill of men as well. If you have a reputation for integrity, men will commit great things into your hands, if you are given to accountability, it becomes easier for people to entrust valuables into your hands.
If you don't take care of your reputation, you may not go far.
Father, I receive grace to take care of my reputation In Jesus name. Amen